Date:         Tue, 17 Aug 2004 20:27:44 -0400
Reply-To:     Thomas Brobst <thomas.brobst@VERIZON.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Thomas Brobst <thomas.brobst@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      one last (ha ha) problem with my Vanagon
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I've fixed so many things on my 84GL 1.9L 4 speed over the last 9 months I
couldn't possibly list them here. Needless to say I'm really glad to have
it back on the road. Now that I'm driving it again I realize I missed it
more than I thought. So here's the last problem. When I start it cold (not
ambient temperature, but as in "it's been setting for a few hours") it will
idle but won't "run". If I step on the gas it will bog and stall. I have to
feather the gas to get the engine revs up. Once they're up it revs normally
but when it drops back to idle I have the feather the gas again. This goes
on for up to five minutes depending on how cold the ambient is. I've put up
with a lot worse in this and other cars but I'm concerned that when the
temperatures start to drop in fall and winter it might start taking a lot
longer to get it running in the morning. Anybody have any ideas what to
check? The TempII sensor is new, my grounds are clean, the idle controller
seems to work (it idles worse when it's shunted), the aux air valve doesn't
do much with the hose open or pinched. Any suggestions would be
appreciated. thx

Thomas Brobst